Born, bread and buttered in London

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Born, bread and buttered in London

This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at Intermediate level and above explores the theme of London. Students will develop their knowledge of London and practise their listening skills.

Introduction

In this lesson students hear a man being interviewed about his life in London. He talks about the different parts of London he has lived in and how things have changed in these areas. The tasks focus students on learning more about London from Google Maps and images and the listening tasks focus them on reading between the lines of what the man says and understanding inferred meaning. Lastly, the lesson finishes with an optional grammar focus with a speaking activity based around ‘used to’ and ‘didn’t use to’.

Topic

London

Level

Intermediate

Time

60 minutes +

Aims:

to develop students abilities to understand inferred meaning

to develop students' listening skills

to develop students' ability to use ‘used to’ to talk about past habits and states

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I couldn't either. I can play the audio, but can't see any links to download it. Even when clicking on the MP3 file, it just takes me straight to VLC player. Does it require any specific music player??